cpln vs NIM Key Manager
cpln is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by controlplane-com. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-community, Community GitHub marketplaces). NIM Key Manager is an MCP server published by BySergiMM. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-23. This pair was picked by a reader, not by our comparison rule, so search engines are asked not to index the page.
Where each is published
| Marketplace |  cpln |  NIM Key Manager |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Listed Version: 2.2.3 Forks (GitHub): 1 Stars (GitHub): 11 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 1.0.0 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 3 Not marked · First seen |
Each figure is the marketplace's own and is never added up across marketplaces. A marketplace that publishes no figure shows none: no number is not zero.
The facts side by side
| Fact | cpln | NIM Key Manager |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 2 (better) | 1 (worse) |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 11 (better) | 3 (worse) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 1 (better) | 0 (worse) |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | Not stated |
| Transport | Not stated | Not stated |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for | Not published | Not published |
| Hooks it runs (differs) | 1 | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 38 | Not a bundle |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/controlplane-com/ai-plugin | github.com/bysergimm/nim-key-manager |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 0 | 0 |
| First seen | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-11 |
Lines where the two differ have a tinted background and bold values. Where the data itself says which value is better (more marketplaces, a larger figure of the same marketplace, a fresher release, a verified mark on a marketplace that lists both), the better one is also marked green with ▲ and the worse one red with ▼. Where it runs, the transport, the tools, the settings, hooks, the bundle's parts, the licence and the week's changes are marked only as different: more or fewer is not better in itself.
What each says it does
cpln
Deploy and manage workloads on Control Plane — the AI-native virtual cloud spanning AWS, GCP, Azure, OCI, and bare metal under one API. Ships 23 skills, 8 guided agents, production guardrails, and a hosted MCP server so your assistant runs cpln correctly, grants credential-free cloud access via Universal Cloud Identity, sets up domains and secrets, and migrates off Kubernetes without hallucinating commands or eyeballing manifests.
NIM Key Manager
Self-hosted NVIDIA NIM API-key manager with a Claude MCP connector; deploy your own instance.
How to run each
cpln As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community
/plugin install cpln@claude-communityNIM Key Manager
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Tools each declares
Neither one's marketplaces publish a list of tools, so there is nothing to compare.
Settings each asks for
Neither one's marketplaces publish the settings it asks for.
What it can do: cpln · What it can do: NIM Key Manager · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-community/blob/HEAD/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json. Data comes from public marketplace files in GitHub repositories of their authors. Data comes from the Official MCP Registry (registry.modelcontextprotocol.io), CC0 1.0. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.